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French president and UK prime minister are due to meet Donald Trump next weekSweden is investigating a possible breach of an undersea cable off the island of Gotland on the country’s southwestern coast in the Baltic Sea, the coastguard said on Friday, in an area where multiple seabed cables have been damaged in recent months.The Baltic Sea region is on alert and the Nato...

Japanese carmaker’s shares rise almost 10% after reports that a group wants US EV firm to put in moneyElon Musk has rebuffed the idea that Tesla could put money into the struggling carmaker Nissan, after a report that said a Japanese group was seeking its investment sent shares soaring.Nissan’s stock market value jumped by 9.5% on Friday after claims that the former prime minister...

Israel has demanded the return of Shiri Bibas after it said testing showed that one of the four bodies released by Hamas did not belong to any other hostageFull report: Israeli military accuses Hamas of ‘serious violation’, saying Shiri Bibas not among returned hostagesOne of the four bodies returned by Hamas to Israel on Thursday is not that of Shiri Bibas, Israel’s military has...

Countries meeting at Caricom summit not seeking ‘handout’ but ‘appropriate apology’ and compensationCaribbean leaders have defended the region’s pursuit of slavery reparations, describing the compensation for centuries of enslavement and oppression as a matter of simple justice.Speaking to the Guardian at the Caribbean Community (Caricom) heads of government meeting in Barbados, the Antigua and Barbuda prime minister, Gaston Browne, said Caribbean states were not...

IDF statement comes hours after Benjamin Netanyahu orders further crackdown on occupied West Bank over bus explosionsOne of the four bodies returned by Hamas to Israel on Thursday is not that of the hostage Shiri Bibas, Israel’s military has said, calling it a “violation of utmost severity” of a ceasefire deal that was already precarious.The Israeli military confirmed that two of the bodies belonged...

Proceedings filed Friday for man scheduled to be deported Monday as Human Rights Law Centre makes case for ‘dangerous precedent’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s secretive deal to deport people among the NZYQ cohort to Nauru has been challenged in the high court in a move that could block the first removal from the country.Legal proceedings filed Friday for...

The opposition leader picked up on News Corp claims that Tony Burke was conducting ‘industrial-scale’ ceremonies. Labor denies it has anything to do with the electionThis is the first in a series that will run throughout the election campaign pulling apart contested claims from politiciansFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThis week...

Three Chinese vessels currently in international waters notified Australia’s defence department before the drillFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChinese warships have undertaken an apparent live-fire drill in the seas between Australia and New Zealand, diverting commercial flights in the skies above.The Chinese navy notified the Australian defence department shortly before the...

Exclusive: ‘Advance commissions’ said to total millions of pounds allegedly pushed customers to certain providersUK lenders paid “advance commissions” to car dealers that may have encouraged them to push costlier loans on to consumers, legal filings linked to the motor finance scandal reveal.Court documents seen by the Guardian show that lenders, including Lloyds Banking Group, have paid commission to individual dealerships in lump sums...

This blog is now closedCommercial flights diverted as Chinese warships undertake apparent live-fire drill in sea between Australia and New ZealandGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria to offer contactless public transport tickets from next yearVictorians will be able to use their phones, bank cards or smartwatches to pay for public transport travel from “early next year in a staged...

Critics say NGA decision ‘is nothing less than a disgraceful act of censorship’ that is ‘rooted in political cowardice’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe National Gallery of Australia claims it covered Palestinian flags in a major exhibition after undertaking a security threat assessment, but critics say the decision was “rooted in...

Ad Standards Community Panel upholds complaint over Hancock Prospecting’s promotion in the Weekend AustralianFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe advertising regulator has found that Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting misled consumers with an unsubstantiated claim that gas was clean, in an online advertisement in The Australian last year.Ads for Hancock...

Fall in 2024 is biggest recorded as small operators struggle with rising costs, and aggressive tactics from big rivalsThe number of independent breweries in Britain declined at its fastest rate in 2024, figures from the “indie beer” trade body suggest.The UK had 1,715 breweries at the end of 2024, 100 fewer than at the start of the year, according to the data released by...

From bats to moths, species working the night shift are suffering as light pollution soarsWhen we think about invertebrates, most of us picture bees, butterflies, worms, crabs or perhaps even a jellyfish. But did you know that at least two-thirds of invertebrates are active at night, meaning many are unlikely to be seen? Invertebrates carry out many of the same functions as their daytime...

Head of anti-trafficking agency says dozens of Chinese criminal gangs were running the centresTens of thousands of people could be living inside illegal scam compounds in Myanmar that have proliferated near Thailand’s border, according to the head of Thailand’s anti-trafficking agency, who warned it could take months before all foreign nationals are repatriated.Thailand has launched a major crackdown on scam compounds over recent weeks,...

‘US sales aren’t growing as fast as we’d like … it takes time,’ founder says, while analyst notes target market ‘not exactly short of Mexican food options’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMexican-themed chain Guzman y Gomez has reported bumper profits since it began trading on the Australian stock exchange but is...

Democratic party chair Lo Kin-hei would not comment on whether Beijing had put pressure on membersHong Kong’s oldest pro-democracy party, which became an influential voice of opposition before Beijing cracked down on dissent, will start preparations to shut down, its leader has said.Lo Kin-hei, chair of Hong Kong’s Democratic party, said on Thursday: “We are going to proceed and study on the process and...

This blog is now closed.Donald Trump signed another round of executive orders onboard Air Force One last night, among them one aimed at ending federal benefits for people in the country illegally.The order seeks to end “all taxpayer-funded benefits for illegal aliens”, according to the White House, although it was not clear which benefits will be targeted. Continue reading...

Jess Phillips says ‘Raneem’s law’ scheme will support ‘force-wide cultural change’ as initial phase is rolled outDomestic abuse specialists embedded in control rooms receiving 999 emergency calls will help “create force-wide cultural change”, said Jess Phillips as the first phase of “Raneem’s law” was rolled out across England.The new law is named in memory of Raneem Oudeh, who was killed alongside her mother, Khaola...

Companies increase hiring for first time since June, and households more optimistic about their financesCompanies have ramped up hiring in recent weeks while consumer confidence has started to rise, research suggests, in a boost for Rachel Reeves as the government looks for signs of economic growth.The chancellor has received a fillip after the market research company GfK’s consumer index improved from -22 in January...

Janette Rosing built up pioneering trove of 8,000 images dating back to the early days of the Industrial RevolutionSome of the oldest photographs in England which show the country’s transformation after the industrial revolution have been acquired by Historic England.Images from the Janette Rosing collection include some of the earliest landscape photography ever taken in the country, spanning the breadth of southern England from...

Move apparently empties military facility on Cuban base of migrant detainees and comes in wake of ACLU lawsuitThe US government has flown 177 deportees from Guantánamo Bay to Honduras, from where they are set to be transferred on to Venezuela, apparently emptying the military facility of migrant detainees.The move on Thursday came days after human rights lawyers filed a lawsuit seeking access to dozens...

Andrew Buen found guilty of homicide in death of Christian Glass, 22, who showed signs of mental health crisis at sceneA former Colorado sheriff’s deputy was convicted Thursday in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man in distress who called 911 for help after his car got stuck in a small mountain community.Jurors found Andrew Buen guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the June...

Charges of criminal negligence dropped against three key defendants over death of British singer in OctoberA court in Argentina has dropped charges of criminal negligence against three of the five people indicted in connection with the death of Liam Payne, the former One Direction singer who fell from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires last October.In a decision issued Wednesday, the Argentine federal...

No injuries reported after three explosions in Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv, with two more bombs being defusedIsrael’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he has ordered the military to conduct an “intense operation” against “terror hubs” in the West Bank after a series of explosions on three parked buses that authorities said was a suspected terrorist attack. No injuries were reported.The explosions on...

National security adviser says Ukraine is wrong to push back against Trump’s approach to peace talks with RussiaWhite House officials have told Ukraine to stop badmouthing Donald Trump and to sign a deal handing over half of the country’s mineral wealth to the US, saying a failure to do so would be unacceptable.The US national security adviser, Mike Waltz, told Fox News that Ukraine’s...

Vice-president also reaffirmed the administration’s Ukraine stance at largest conservative voters conferenceJD Vance marked one month since the Trump administration returned to power on Thursday by again claiming uncontrolled immigration was “the greatest threat” to both Europe and the United States.The vice-president took the stage at the country’s largest conservative voters conference in National Harbor, Maryland, to double down on his criticism that stunned...

Executive orders’ impact on premier medical research agency has resulted in delayed projects and frozen fundingAcademics and scientists who work with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said the Trump administration’s orders have severely disrupted work – delaying projects and casting the future of research funding and jobs into doubt as chaos in the agency reigns.An array of orders seeks to fundamentally reshape the...

Velvet worms have rows of pudgy legs, skin speckled like a galaxy and dissolve their prey with sticky goo An ancient gummy-looking worm-like creature with a vicious hunting method that involves projecting sticky goo from its head has been crowned New Zealand’s bug of the year.The Peripatoides novaezealandiae is from the family of velvet worms, or Ngāokeoke in the Māori language. The invertebrates have...

Reform leader contradicts Trump rant, saying ‘you shouldn’t always take things Donald Trump says absolutely literally’Nigel Farage has contradicted his ally Donald Trump, saying Volodymyr Zelenskyy “is not a dictator” after the US president’s attack on the Ukrainian leader this week.Farage, who became one of the last UK party leaders to distance himself from Trump’s remarks, said he had been delayed in calling it...

US workers laid off despite years of experience and stellar performance describe widespread chaos and confusionAs protesters gathered outside the headquarters of US health agencies to call attention to mass layoffs devastating the federal service in recent days, more employees at health agencies were terminated on Wednesday, including employees with years of experience and stellar performance reviews who were not probationary.Thousands of terminated employees...

‘Kremlin whisperers’ have the president’s ear and dissenters are few – but a thin skin and self-interest are also at playDonald Trump’s tarring of Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a “dictator” who is to blame for the war with Russia, plunging Ukraine into a Darwinian struggle for its very existence, landed like a bombshell on the diplomatic landscape. But it did not come out of nowhere.The...

Matthew Teller, whose books include Nine Quarters of Jerusalem, said the society’s response to the event which saw two leading booksellers detained was ‘an abject failure’A writer has left the Society of Authors (SoA) in protest after the UK’s largest writers’ body made a statement on a recent Israeli police raid on a Palestinian-owned bookstore without mentioning Israel, Palestine or the names of the...

Remains of two young children, an elderly man and an unidentified fourth person arrive in Tel Aviv after ‘cruel’ handover in GazaThe remains of two young children and an elderly man who were taken hostage by Hamas, as well as a fourth person who remains unidentified, have been handed over to Israel in what onlookers described as one of the “hardest days” for Israelis...

Claudia Sheinbaum’s warning follows Washington designating Mexican cartels as terrorist organizationsMexico will never tolerate an “invasion” of its national sovereignty by the United States, Claudia Sheinbaum has warned after Washington designated Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations.“This cannot be an opportunity for the US to invade our sovereignty,” the Mexican president said. “With Mexico, it is collaboration and coordination, never subordination or interventionism, and even...

Sale of the miner, which is now valued at $4bn, may be delayed following ‘really, really difficult’ marketBusiness live – latest updatesThe world’s biggest diamond miner, De Beers, cost its parent company almost $3bn last year as the growth in lab-grown stones continues to take the shine off the industry.Anglo American was forced to write down the value of the renowned gem producer for...

Jean-Noël Barrot tells G20 to prioritise those who support the law rather than power by forceEurope live – latest updatesEuropean powers have made a plea at the G20 in South Africa to countries in the global south that they show unambivalent support for the international rules-based order, including the sovereignty of Ukraine.Writing in the Guardian, the French foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, said the real...

As administration cuts off resources from African countries to contain outbreak, workers say ‘everybody’s lost’As the Trump administration dismantles the US Agency for International Development (USAid) and retreats from funding global public health efforts, mpox – formerly known as monkeypox – is at greater risk of becoming a wider global emergency, according to aid workers and global health experts.“It’s a real mistake not to...

Bodies of Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, who Hamas says were killed in an Israeli airstrike, as well as Oded Lifshitz, 83, handed overThe handover of the four bodies from Hamas to the Red Cross is now complete.The vehicles are on their way to Israel, and the crowd in Khan Younis is beginning to disperse. Continue reading...

European manufacturer reports 8% drop in income for 2024 but says there is ‘solid demand’ for its productsAirbus has said it aims to make 820 planes this year as the world’s biggest aerospace manufacturer attempts to overcome problems in its supply chain.The European company said that deliveries would rise by 7% compared with the 766 planes made last year, as it reported an 8%...

Downing Street says the two leaders spoke overnight, after Donald Trump accused the Ukrainian president of being a ‘dictator’Lisa Nandy has said “we’re getting way ahead of ourselves” when questioned about the details of any British troop deployment to Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping mission.Asked whether troops would be deployed in Ukraine in the teeth of Russian opposition, she told listeners of the...

US envoy Keith Kellogg is in Ukraine as the two countries’ leaders exchange criticismThe Ukrainian military said that Russia launched 161 drones and about 14 missiles during an overnight attack.The missile attack targeted critical infrastructure in the northeastern region of Kharkiv. Continue reading...

People living abroad or who fled conflict fear that US president’s actions will further destabilise their countryTrump calls Zelenskyy a dictator amid fears of irreconcilable riftThey have wrestled with grief, anxiety at starting a new life and survivors’ guilt – and now Ukrainian exiles must balance feelings of shock and betrayal with an “existential” defiance that their homeland must keep fighting for a just...

Data shows aircraft parts from more than 100 western companies reached Russian aviation industry via IndiaBritish firms are among more than 100 western companies, including the aerospace giant Boeing, which have exported aircraft parts to India that reached Russia, according to customs data.Analysis suggests products worth more than $50m have passed through intermediaries in India to Russian airlines and other entities over a 21-month...

Centrica’s adjusted earnings down by a third from 2023 when profits hit £3.5bn after £500m Ofgem windfallBusiness live – latest updatesThe owner of British Gas has reported a slump in its annual profits after the supplier was ousted as Britain’s largest provider of gas and electricity for the first time last year.The supplier’s parent company, Centrica, reported adjusted earnings of £2.3bn for last year,...

Profits hit as total held back for payouts rises to almost £1.2bn amid uncertainty over final financial impactBusiness live – latest updatesLloyds Banking Group has been forced to put aside a further £700m for potential compensation over the ballooning car loan commission scandal, in a move that knocked its annual profits by 20%.The latest provision marks a notable jump in the bank’s estimates for...

Ken Henry made comments at a tax summit in Melbourne, arguing fiscal drag is seeing taxes go up while real incomes fallGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRecent governments have carried out “wilful acts of bastardry” and created intergenerational inequality and environmental destruction that will leave younger voters worse off, the former Treasury secretary Ken Henry has said, urging tweaks...

Former deputy premier criticises government’s use of parliamentary privilege to make public previously suppressed CCC report on her conductFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe former Queensland deputy premier, Jackie Trad, says the new government’s decision to release a previously suppressed Crime and Corruption Commission report into her conduct is “terrifying and...

Exclusive: The western Sydney artist was dropped from representing Australia just days after being selectedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino will not be reinstated as Australia’s representatives at the next Venice Biennale despite thousands of artists calling for the decision to be overturned.The chair of Creative Australia, Robert Morgan, and the organisation’s...

People in village near the capital line up with their haul, where a mosquito zapper and some pesos awaitVillage officials in the Philippines are handing out cash rewards to residents who capture mosquitoes in a bid to combat an outbreak of dengue.At the Wednesday launch, residents from the village of Addition Hills in metropolitan Manila lined up with plastic cups and bags containing their...